Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cake Pops

Yikes, it's been a long time (seriously, almost a year) since I've posted anything on here. Well, I'm probably not going to start posting very regularly any time soon, but these cake pops were too cute not to share.

Two of my very favorite kids in the whole world celebrate their 3rd and 5th birthdays this month and they had a TMNT themed party. I knew we could make some pretty cute cake pops for this theme...

I started with green cake pops, then called my adorable helpers and we went to work making the masks.

We used airheads candy for the masks and I bought candy eyes. We attached the eyes using some of the leftover candy melts and then stuck the masks on the cake pops. The last step was drawing a mouth with gel frosting. Most of the turtles were happy faces, but I was informed that the red one (I can't remember his name) was mad and needed an angry face! I love how they all turned out a little different (and some better than others!)

Happy Birthday, Kiddos! 

Baby Shower Treats

My mom hosted a baby shower (for twins!) last weekend, and of course, she roped my sister and I into planning the decorations and treats. My sister made the sweet little flags and sign for the door and I made the cake pops for favors. So cute!

And the groundhog says...

 

 

Phil did not see his shadow this morning...Spring comes early this year!

 

 

Thanks for not seeing your shadow today, little guy!

Goundhog Day!

Here's a little groundhog, furry and brown -

He's coming up to look around.

If he sees his shadow, down he'll go -

Then 6 more weeks of winter, OH NO!

 

 

Will it be 6 more weeks of winter?

Or early spring?

 

We'll find out tomorrow...

Owl Cakepops

These cute little owl cake pops were for another baby shower last weekend. I think they turned out super cute. I love how the green cake pops are like the trees that the little owls are nesting in. But I think my favorite part has to be the big eyes made from pieces of a candy necklace.

 

 

 

And good thing they had the baby shower already, because the little guy was born yesterday - a month early!

Another Baby Shower

Cake Ball 911! Call me!

This was my text on Thursday night from a friend making cake pops as favors for her friend's baby shower. I talked her down from crises mode while she was rolling out the cake balls, then headed over after work the next day to help with the dipping. We might have had a little too much fun making these...

Here are my "students" learning all the dipping and decorating techniques...

• Catching all of the drips with a spoon so they don't drip down the stick...
• Melted colored chocolate in a plastic baggie to drizzle over the cake pop...
• Tapping your wrist instead of the stick to get the drips off...
• Holding up the cake pop to see if you've missed any drips...

And they learned so well! Look how beautiful they turned out!

Apparently they were a hit at the shower. No one could believe they were homemade, and there were none left at the end! Hmm...maybe it's time to turn this cake ball stuff into a business?!

Baby Shower Cake Pops

My cousin, who blogs over at Cherry Street Cottage, is having a baby girl later this fall. Of course, we're all getting excited to meet her and to help celebrate and get ready for her arrival, I made these cute cake pops for the baby shower.

I think they turned out so pretty, and they looked great on the adorable dessert table.

On Easter

Bakery Buzz: Sugar Hills Bakery

A while back, I got a groupon for1 dozen cakepops at Sugar Hills Bakery in Algonquin. I thought I would use it for sure, because it's not that far away from where I work. Well, of course, I let it go until it was just about to expire, and I ended up using it on a day that looked like this:

I also got horribly lost (not a big surpise, for those of you who know me). The GPS took me way far out of the way and wouldn't get back on track. So I drove around for an extra half hour at least before I finally found the bakery. By that time, I was not going to go home without my cakepops, so I braved the weather and headed in. Also, by the time I got inside, all I wanted to do was grab the cakepops and go, so I didn't really get a good look at the inside. It seemed nice, though, and looked like they had a lot of different treats.

They also had a bunch of different kinds of cake pops to choose from. I just got an assortment - I had the girl pick for me; I was too frazzled from the drive to make any decisions. I ended up with a box that looked like this:

Of course, I had to try one right away. Lucky for me I picked a peanut butter pop. It was pretty tasty, but a little too big for me.

If you like your cake pops giant and want to check them out, head over to Algonquin, just make sure your GPS is taking you to the right place!

Sugar Hills Bakery
644 S. Main St. (Rt. 31)
Algonquin, IL 60102

http://www.sugarhillsbakery.com

Litttle Man Cakepops

For the second dessert at my sister's baby shower, I took some inspiration from those pictures where people are holding up little moustaches on a stick in front of their faces. You know, the ones where it looks like they have a funny moustache. I thought, why can't we do that with a cakepop? It turns out, you can!

All I did was make regular cakepops (white cake with vanilla frosting, my new favorite combination) and dip them in white chocolate. Then I printed out some interesting moustaches for a stencil. I put the stencil underneath a sheet of wax paper, then piped out melted chocolate to fill in each moustache. I let those harden, then attached one to each cakepop. I love how they turned out!

And of course, we had to take our own moustache pictures!

Linking up with Tatertots and Jello

Christmas CakePops

Yep, I'm a little behind on the blogging this holiday season.

But...I'm still going to show off my Christmas CakePops.

And, of course, my favorite cakepop tester!

Merry Christmas!

Flower Cakepops

For my birthday this year, one of my sweet teacher friends (thanks, Meghan!) gave me cakepop wraps to make flowers. My grandma is having a cake auction at the nursing home where she volunteers this weekend (more on that later), so I thought this would be a fun time to make some flower cakepops.



They were really easy to make because they come all ready to go in a nice neat package.

 There are 3 different colors of flowers, and you use all three to make one flower.

Just fold up the edges of each flower...

Slide them up the cakepop one at a time... 

Then enjoy your beautiful garden of cakepops!

Fourth of July Baking: Cake Pops

Happy 4th of July!

My mom has a party every year for the 4th of July. She invites everyone over for dessert and then we all walk to the fireworks together. Usually it's very casual - no decorations, maybe make some brownies or cookies. But this year, for some reason (I blame the blogs and all of the fabulous inspiration out there in blogland), I went a little overboard with the decorations, desserts, etc... and I have lots to share, so stay tuned for more 4th of July goodness.

First up...Red, White, and Blue CakePops!

To make the cake a little more festive and fun, I put some blue food coloring in the white cake batter and also in the vanilla frosting. It was a patriotic surprise to bite into a blue cakepop!

Then I arranged the pops in a metal bin I found in the dollar section at Target. I added a little bit of foil in the bottom for extra packing, then put in a block of styrofoam to stick the cake pops into.

The perfect centerpiece for the dessert table...  

...And the perfect little dessert!

P.S. Linking up with Muffin Mondays and Think Pink Sundays